Thursday i was charged with retail fraud over a .99 cent bag of potato chips. I went into the party store to buy some chips, opened them while waiting in line to pay for them, and when i went to pull out my wallet to get my debit card i realized that I had left […]

We are a very close family and this is tearing my family apart, more so my mothers marriage. I don’t know what options we have. My baby brother is 21 years old. He lives with my mom a few miles from me. He pays no rent, no utilities. He pays car insurance and his cell […]

my daughter visited a family friend and picked up her debit card — went to a store and charged 32 as a credit – my friend found out about it and then i learned about it. i made her apologize and that she would get a job to pay it off or work it off […]

My debit card was stolen and of course the bank conducted an investigation and advised me that because of the circumstances and amount I should seek legal counsel and I have grounds to sue. But what type of lawyer handles these cases?

So my son one night took my debit card to go fill up his car with gas, and knowing he didn’t have to remember my PIN number he used the Credit feature on the card. Now not knowing it was him I regularly check my statements online and saw that someone used it to fill […]

This morning I checked my online statement, and to my surprise we were overdrawn. We had about 00 ran on my husband’s debit card. He hasn’t lost the card, it is still in his possesion. We haven’t made any purchases online with it and all the charges were in Mexico City, Mexico. We live in […]

I found out this past week that a large U.S. phone/internet company has been charging my debit card around /month since around October of last year. I have never heard of the company myself. I mainly only use this account for automatic bill-pay and stuff like that, so I assumed it was my insurance company […]

Q 1. 9 years ago i was a victim of fraud.. some one stole my debit card from wamu. I remember I went to the bank to ask about some charges in my statements and claimed it wasn’t me. At the time i was 18 and i didn’t know what to do. Well the bank […]

Hello all, I recently figured out that my SSN has been compromised. I believe one of my close friends performed this act of fraud through my Drivers License and my Old Canceled Debit Card. I didn’t run a credit check because it won’t let me perform it. To the point I got thus far on […]

What kind of lawyer will I need to file a lawsuit against PayPal for unauthorized charges to my debit card/checking account??? (Don’t have credit/credit cards so there goes my protection…) Their business tactics are very deceptive. They purposely hide contact information and are always "temporarily unavailable" meanwhile charging for things you didn’t purchase! I have […]

I don’t have a credit or debit card, but someone started me worrying about by bank accounts. How can I protect them. When I write a check, anyone handling it can see my name, address, the bank, and the account number.

Has anybody realized that even though identity theft is a huge cause for concern, some places are making it easy to do? For instance, my debit/credit cards state on the back "See ID" and NOBODY ever asks.. In some drive thru restaurants, you don’t need an ID or pin # for your debit card, not […]

I realized that someone is using my identity and has made something wrong. I got information from my bank that this person requested a debit card for my account. I got a letter from state police showing that i am charged with somekind of crime which i don’t know. Can you help me what to […]

Okay I bank with bank of america and i have family that i can not trust they have stolen my bank of america information and made some purchases on my account I filed a fraud claim report and filed a police report now it has happen again I have not clue how they are getting […]

We have a medical savings account. We are required to keep the savings with an approved bank that reports activity to the IRS. We use the account only for approved medical expenses. At the end of last year the account was moved from one bank to another bank. On December 27th of 2007, we were […]

I just finished college, and work full time. I have a debit card, and building good credit from paying off loans. A lot of people have been telling me to get a credit card, but I wonder if it really is necessary. Please give me some good reasons to get a credit card other than […]

It seems credit card companies could take more preventative measures in reducing fraudulent use of cards. Additionally, they take little to no action if a card is reported lost or stolen and cooperation with law enforcement is comical. Is there a business or financial reason for this, and if so, why? Some ideas would be […]